telenovela

telenovela

English

Etymology

From Spanish telenovela.

Noun

telenovela (plural telenovelas)

1. A television soap opera presented as a miniseries.

Translations

television soap opera presented as a miniseries

French: télénovela (fr) f Galician: telenovela f Greek: τηλενουβέλα (el) f (tilenouvéla) Hebrew: טלנובלה‎ (he) f (telenovéla) Hungarian: telenovella Italian: telenovela (it) f Portuguese: telenovela (pt) f Spanish: telenovela (es) f

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Galician

Etymology

tele- +‎ novela

Noun

telenovela f (plural telenovelas)

1. soap opera/telenovela

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Italian

Etymology

From Portuguese tele- +‎ novela.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌte.le.noˈvɛ.la/, (traditional) /ˌtɛ.le.noˈvɛ.la/[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛla
• Hyphenation: te‧le‧no‧vè‧la

Noun

telenovela f (plural telenovele)

1. telenovela (especially one from South America)

References

1. telenovela in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Portuguese

Etymology

From tele- +‎ novela.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛ.le.noˈvɛ.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛ.le.noˈvɛ.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛ.le.noˈvɛ.la/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌtɛ.lɛ.nuˈvɛ.lɐ/

Noun

telenovela f (plural telenovelas)

1. soap opera/telenovela

   Synonym: novela

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Spanish

Etymology

tele- +‎ novela

Noun

telenovela f (plural telenovelas)

1. soap opera/telenovela

   Synonym: culebrón

Further reading

• “telenovela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014